Battlestar Galactica: Colonial Viper And Launch Pad Diorama | RESIN PRINT | 

It's more iconic and the X-Wing looks too much like a regular plane but I do love the way the wings open up before an attack. Thanks for watching.

I agree. It just has a classic shape like the Mustang. Thanks for watching

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One of the best shows at the time. Thanks for watching

@@ScaleModelGeek ....love the GOLD AND SILVER CYLONS

Watched the whole series 78..AWESOME SHOW

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It was such a great show for it's time. Thanks for watching

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Looking forward to checking out your other videos. Maybe a 3D printer someday in my future 😊. Keep up the great work.

It was a game changer for me

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I instantly thought the reboot was great because of the opening scene on the diplomatic space station. After that... I was hooked. Thanks for watching

It really has become a classic design. To this day, it still looks great. Thanks for watching

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I remember sitting there glued to the TV watching the series. I just couldn't get enough of it. Thank for watching.

I think I have that Monogram kit in my stash somewhere. Thanks for watching

I use the Anycubic Mono X pritner with Chitubox tp slice the model. Thanks for watching

I was very happy with the detail with Alain's files and you now that you get all those accessories with the Viper is a 'win win'. I'll be doing the Viper again but next time in 1/24th scale. Thanks for watching.

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Sure am. Melbourne boy. Thanks for watching

@@ScaleModelGeek Border boy myself.

My model workspace will take about 3 seconds to film!

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Yeah, I just gotta find a couple of football fields to build it in.

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There is only one way to get those skills happening and that's to start building. Thanks for watching

There are a couple on RU-vid that have done that

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Oh, when I made that video last month it was a complete kit. Enjoy building the Viper

@@ScaleModelGeek Starting the printing process now, can’t wait to get it built! I think I’m going to keep the original cockpit and pilot though, we’ll see.

@@Shooter_FPV I think he's using the pilot that I created in his kit now

@@ScaleModelGeek Yea, it looks like it, but not the “thumbs up” guy, from what I saw.

@@ScaleModelGeek Hey... question... I just bought your Cockpit Upgrade parts, and I totally forgot to check the scale. Are the parts actually 1/24? If so, do you happen to know what percent scale I need to reduce them to so they fit 1/32?

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Yeah, that's actually a problem I have in real life as well. LOL

Finding solutions is part of scale modeling and part of the fun. Thanks for watching.

So do I. I thought that was a nice touch.

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Thanks Max. 3D printing is such a game changer. It just adds another dimension to my arsenal of tools let's me create things I could never do before like figures. I was always limited to parts that I have but now, I can create them from scratch and as my proficiency with 3D software improves, so will my ideas. Space: 1999 has always been a fave of mine.

It is a very nice kit. Thanks for watching

After all these years... it's still one of my fave shows. Thanks for watching

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Interesting. I didn't know that either

@@ScaleModelGeek Most of the shots of the vipers launching would show a top view of the front of the port (left) landing bay and the vipers would fly out at about a 45 degree angle. It always looked to me like they were coming from under the ship. On the model, as poorly detailed as it was, there are a series of angled notches on the side of each landing bay. That's when it dawned on me that those are where the launch tubes are.. At first glance, I thought the image at 0:10 in the video was a top view of the landing bay, with the angled portions at the top and bottom being the sloped sides. Looking at it more closely, I realize that the camera is sitting in the end of one of the launch tubes, looking toward the next one. The middle section with the stripe is an angled wall, separating the launch tubes, below that is the "floor" that the camera is sitting on, and above that is the "ceiling". If the camera were to pan to the right (in universe), you'd see the red-lit triangular end of a launch tube. I guess they didn't have the budget to build a model that could show a viper actually emerging from a launch tube.

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This was really great work. I definitely prefer the 1978 version. I was seven or eight years old at that time, and I loved the show. I did 3D models of the Colonial Viper and the Cylon Raider for my portfolio. They were modeled and UV mapped in Maya, then textured and rendered in Substance Painter. I found the most enjoyable part of the texturing process to be making them look "dirty", not like they were fresh off of an assembly line, but like they had seen some action.

@@och70 It was some of the same effects guys that did Star Wars so they would have a very similar realistic aesthetic. Thanks for watching

@@ScaleModelGeek Yeah, I've seen some very cool documentary videos about it. If I'm remembering correctly, the ILM guys didn't have Lucasfilm's permission to use that equipment, so they had to stop, or there was going to be legal trouble. They had to use a lot of recycled shots of the ships for dogfights, etc., because of that.

@@och70 Correct and lucky I was too young to realize footage was constantly recycled.

@@ScaleModelGeek Same for me. you can totally see it now, but back then, I didn't even know what "recycled footage" would have meant.

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I just use water. Once I've cleaned it out, I then squirt a few drops of Vallejo thinners in the cup and run that through. Thanks for watching

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@@ScaleModelGeek I wanna do one! Wonder if it’ll fit full size on my Mars 2 Pro without having to cut the sections up. I need a bigger Resin Machine 😂

Even shrinking down I had some issues in making it all fit

They do often fly in an atmosphere but for space... who knows

@@ScaleModelGeek Good point. Duh!

I try and make sure everyone gets to see the full experience I had with the build. 3D printing opened up soooo many extra avenues for me. Thanks for watching.

I thought so too till I saw the footage of their first launch that I have at the start of my video.

Correct but it came out as a movie first in some foreign countries. Glen Larson had envisioned Battlestar Galactica as a series of made-for-TV movies (a three-hour pilot program and two two-hour episodes) for the American Broadcasting Company (ABC). A shortened version of the three-hour pilot, Saga of a Star World, was screened in Canadian theaters (before the TV series was telecast) and in American, European and Australian theaters later on. Instead of two additional TV movies, ABC decided to commission a weekly TV series of one-hour episodes.

The helmet came with the original Viper files. Thanks for watching

It was part of the original Viper files if I remember rightly.

Yeah, I have a couple of diorama ideas I'm trying to finalize the concept

@@ScaleModelGeek Awesome! Can't wait to see that!

I personally use the Anycubic Mono X which has been a great workhorse. Thanks for watching.

The Vipers often travelled in an atmosphere

They also regularly fly in an atmosphere

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Galactica 1980 just went off the rails. Thanks for watching

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I remember watching it on TV and I couldn't get enough of the show. Thanks for watching

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@@ScaleModelGeek been in that situation a time or two, it's the simple answers we miss in the moment.

I'm not confident my modification are up to standard to Alain Rivard's work but I am thinking about uploading to Thingiverse

The files are now available: www.cgtrader.com/3d-models/space/spaceship/battlestar-galactica-colonial-viper-cockpit-upgrade-bsg

It had it's challenges but I enjoyed building the Viper. One day I'll get around to doing it in 1/24th scale. Thanks for watching

I agree